'V(|i''^1)W   TO   USE  THE  GUIDE f'^ofj

In order to find in this Guide the description of
a town, a place, a point of interest, etc., the reader
is referred, as to a dictionary, to the Alphabetical
Index at the end of the present volume. Furthermore,
the chief towns and places described are indi¬
cated, together with the corresponding page, in the
Index-Map printed on the fly'leaf at the beginning
of the hook. In this map are also shown all the railway
lines.; or the roads, with the mention of the page
on which they are described.

To obtain an idea, "moreover, of the General Plan
of the Guide, the reader will find it advantageous to
consult the Table of Contents in the following pages,
giving a detailed list of the places described in the
very order in which they are dealt with.

An asterisk (*) in the text calls attention to the
chief points of interest, whether architectural or pic¬
turesque, and in the practical information,, to the hotels
recommended by us.

The routes are described,  as far as possible,  in

,    the direction followed by the main stream of tourists.

Those following a, route in the opposite direction will

naturally make the necessary alterations as regards

r. and I., uphill and downhill.

All the Plans, whether plain or coloured, are dimded
into squares, each indicated in the margin by a
letter in the vertical direction, and by a figure in the
horizontal. To these, the letters and figures in brackets,
' in the body of the Guide, after the name of an hotel or
monument, refer, making it easy to find in the plan
the square in which they are situated, by following
horizontally the column corresponding to a figure and '
vertically those corresponding to a letter, to the point
of intersection.
 

All  the mentions and recommendations in
the Illustrated  Guides  are free  of charge,